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I, too, was attacked, generally along the lines that, since I don’t investigate UFO reports, I’m not qualified to opine on whether I find them convincing or not. Well, that’s bunk. And it’s certainly not how science works. I don’t need to be an astronomer specializing in black hole research, nor do it myself, to gauge whether someone’s claim that they’ve found one of these collapsed objects in the center of some galaxy or other is credible.

NASA will provide live video commentary of Deep Impact’s comet crash beginning at 11:30 p.m. EDT.

WASHINGTON -- A pair of NASA scientists told a group of space officials at a private meeting here Sunday that they have found strong evidence that life may exist today on Mars, hidden away in caves and sustained by pockets of water.

A comet discovered earlier this year has now moved close enough to be visible without binoculars or telescopes by experienced observers under dark skies.

The United States is experiencing a wave of Flying Triangle sightings that may have intensified during the 1990s. The crafts are being deployed over cities and in the vicinity of Interstate Highways.

A team of astronomers have found a colossal black hole so ancient, they’re not sure how it had enough time to grow to its current size, about 10 billion times the mass of the Sun.

The leading theory for the Moon’s formation has a Mars-sized object slamming into Earth about 4 billion years ago, shortly after our planet formed.

On June 8, Venus will cross in front of the Sun for the first time since 1882, and backyard skywatchers can see the spectacle.

A minor rumor has hatched on the Internet that a large and deadly asteroid will strike Earth this fall.

Separate teams today announced the discoveries of three planets outside our solar system, including one that is more than three times farther away than the previous record holder.